Who in their right mind would admit it? I'm surprised John admitted to owning a Fiat. For me, '68 Charger R/T. The only non GM car I've owned. But I had a '82 Camaro that was about as bad.

40-60 should be enough

that was actually one of my favorite cars...a 65 Fiat 1500 convertible....great car, drove it all over Europe...Sweden Germany ,Italy ,Monaco, Spain, France,Belgium , Denmark

I had an Fiat 128-E too and almost bought an X-19!

The biggest problem with Fiats was that the fuel hoses were made out of some tar impregnated cloth and routed around the distributor which also had cloth insultated wires. On top of that, the spare tire was stored in the engine compartment. They had a horrible reputation for burning to the ground and could thus be had real cheap.

[quote=if6was9For me, '68 Charger R/T. The only non GM car I've owned. But I had a '82 Camaro that was about as bad. [/quote]

Tom: If those were the worst cars you've owned, you're doing pretty darn good.

Easy, easy...

Just kidding (pjt5959) didn't mean to be ugly. Just saw Gran Torino (if you haven't seen it yet, YOU NEED TOO.) Instant classic EASTWOOD!!! Some on the lines are twisted-to-fit from the spagetti-westerns.

that was very different from the 1500...spare in trunk...2 seater...topping out at 115 mph and getting 35 mpg on my trip around Europe , mostly doing 100...

GREAT movie. Picture Clint Eastwood as Archie Bunker on steroids.

We saw Gran Torino last week. I agree. It was great.

I'm so glad the Gran Torino was not red with white check marks on the sides! The car was beautiful.

I agree, it was a great movie. I didn't take any offense, I just work in a super-PC environment so I'm a little leary of all that stuff.

Clint is still the man, made my favorite Westerns of all time.

My sister had a 128 to. It didn't catch fire, but rusted to the point of unsafe. She lived in Rochester, NY which in part accounts for it's short life. Those cars just aren't suited to our heavy salt use during winter. The other PITA for her was getting parts. Like the Renault La Car, the few dealers, parts availability and our climate killed them off. If I was in Europe, a Fiat or Renault would be practical.

Lots of problems with that Charger, and I just couldn't get use to the idiosyncrasy's of Chrysler products. Our family had a '70 Dart slant six for many trouble free miles. I might just have had a lemon with that Charger R/T. I still think they're a cool car.

I grew up with old mopars. If you could start one of them regardless of the temperature, you could start anything! Most of our mopars died from rust; only my cousin was able to deliver a semi-mortal blow to one (blew up the rear-end on a '68 Chrysler).

Still looking for a decent X 1/9. Drove one in an autocross and fell in love - the car was amazing.

We had a local junk yard that was full of Fiats so parts weren't a problem. Interestingly, the place was run by a guy named Eric Estrada and it was during the "CHiPs" era.

Worst car depends on new or used.

Used...probably a '78 Buick Skylark V-6 ($175). I can't say anything good about it except the upholstery was plush. Next a '74 Subaru DL ($30) that needed head gaskets and s valve job. Ran great after that, except it had a lot of inner fender rust and the fuse box was in the engine compartment so it wouldn't stay running in the rain.

I see several references to LTDs, my first car was a '74 LTD 400, I beat the snot out of that car and it survived it all including a bad collision but it had a tendency to blow out tires at high speeds.

New...an '86 Chevy Cavalier, our first new car. Didn't even have 1,000 miles on it before its problems started. It would still run, but was rarely right, and the dealer service was a horrible experience.

Saw it last night. One of the best movies I have seen in a while.

Vikki, I raced a '78 Buick Skylark in a lower level stock car class with the Buick 350 and put 10 laps on the entire field in a 250 lap race. Great car - but most of them can be with the right equipment and once all the bad things are fixed.